noncommunicable diseases pose a real threat to and their incidence is forecast to increase in both developed and developing countries; and, diabetes, obesity, and related complications are predicted to pose a great burden on health care systems all across the world. however, current used conventional medications and surgical interventions fall short of effectively controlling the rampant spread...

the purpose of this study was to examine whether lifestyle-related factors, such as frequency of drinking and smoking, mental stress, sleep duration, economic status, and education level, are associated with obesity (as defined given by the who report on asia) in a selected sample of korean adults.the subjects were 1,566 adults (505 men, 1,061 women) aged over 20 years who visited a public heal...

background: obesity is a global public health problem. visfatin, as an adipocytokine, is coded by a gene known as nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase. so far, results were conflicted  regarding correlations of visfatin with obesity and metabolic variables.the present study aimed to explore the association between g?948t polymorphism of visfatin gene with obesity and lipid profile in a nation...

Obesity is a chronic disease that shows the most serious global health problems .It relates to the body fat .Obesity is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, this balance is regulated by genetic and environmental interactions. Obesity, which is a risk factor for chronic diseases, has become epidemic in the developed countries. Resistance to Leptin hormone is one of the m...

Introduction: Ambient temperature is considered as a factor affecting on the body's metabolism, So that increase or decrease ambient temperature to the range thermoneutral zone (TNZ) (This temperature is 20.3°C to 23°C for covered people) lead to body metabolic changes, and maybe effective on the increase or reduce the prevalence of obesity. Our aim of this study was to review ...

Background: Obesity is one of the causes of onset and exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. However, limited studies have examined the association between body composition and severity of disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between severity of rheumatoid arthritis with various types of obesity and the comparison of anthropometric indices between patients with rheumato...

Asthma is an inflammatory and chronic disease that affects about 300 million people globally. The disease is more common in developed countries. The increase in the prevalence of asthma is not only due to genetic factors, but also to many environmental factors related to urbanization and type of nutrition. It has been reported that obesity is an independent risk factor for asthma and obese chil...

background disturbances in lipid metabolism which occur during hypothyroidism lead to the formation of gallstones. this study aims to evaluate the thyroid function pattern in patients with common bile duct (cbd) stones. methods this case-control study recruited 151 patients with preliminary diagnoses of cbd stone who underwent ercp (cases). the control group comprised healthy people who met the...